Senate Select Committee meeting starts in Stuart

Bubba Wade Jr, (center) Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy with United Sugar Corporation, discusses issues with urban runoff in waterways during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Fred Fanizzi, General Manager of Quail Creek Plantation, talks during the hearing.

Bubba Wade Jr, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy with United Sugar Corporation, discusses issues with urban runoff in waterways during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Commissioner Jaqui Thurlow-Lippisch, of Sewall’s Point Town Commisssion, presents her view of using eminent domain of property to move water south during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Senator Sachs views a sample of Algae from the Indian River Lagoon from Mark Perry during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Mark Perry, Executive Director of the Florida Oceanographic Society in Stuart, presents a fresh sample of algae during his powerpoint presentation on sending the water south during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Mark Perry (right), Executive Director of the Florida Oceanographic Society in Stuart, presents a fresh sample of algae while seated next to Kevin Henderson, of Evergreen Engineering, during his powerpoint presentation on sending the water south during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Mark Perry (left), Executive Director of the Florida Oceanographic Society in Stuart, presents a fresh sample of algae while seated next to Kevin Henderson, of Evergreen Engineering, during his powerpoint presentation on sending the water south during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Senator Joe Negron asks questions from panel 2 during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Colonel Alan Dodd, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks about water flow rates during a September Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing.

Colonel Alan Dodd (right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers speaks about water flow rates while next to Erine Barnett , South Florida Water Management during the first panel of the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing.

Tom Van Lent, Senior Scientist at the Everglades Foundation, discusses water flow control issues during panel 2 dealing with technical issues during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Ernie Barnett (left), Interim Executive Director, South Florida Water Management speaks during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Senator Joe Negron (left) watches a powerpoint presentation from Mark Perry, of the Florida Oceanographic Society in Stuart, during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

U.S. Congressman Patrick Murphy speaks to Sen. Joe Negron during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart Aug. 22.

Ernie Barnett (left), Interim Executive Director, South Florida Water Management and Colonel Alan Dodd, District Commander, Jaxonville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers speaks during the Panel1 session of the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

St. Lucie County Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky listens to Ernie Barnett, Interim Executive Director, South Florida Water Management, discussing working with the Army Corps of Engineers during a slide presentation at the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

Senator Joe Negron opens the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee meeting at the Charles and Rae Kane center in Stuart Thursday.

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Senator Joe Negron (left) speaks to U.S. Congressman Patrick Murphy during opening remarks of the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

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U.S. Congressman Patrick Murphy holds a bottle of polluted Indian River Lagoon water while speaking to Senator Joe Negron during the Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin hearing at the Kane Center in Stuart on Thursday.

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Views from inside the Kane Center during the Senate Committee Hearing meeting Thursday.

Views from inside the Kane Center during the Senate Committee Hearing meeting Thursday.

Views from inside the Kane Center during the Senate Committee Hearing meeting Thursday.

Views from inside the Kane Center during the Senate Committee Hearing meeting Thursday.